Maybe Richmond council should learn to read the whole document!
The Labour party survey was about cost of car parking per household and includes revenue from parking tickets, fines, and car park charges.
The report was designed to shame the Tory councils who use town centre car-park charges, fines, and parking permits as revenue raising measure.
If you look at the following link showing charges in Richmond, you can see why high-streets and households are under huge pressure.
http://www.richmond.
gov.uk/home/transpor
t_and_streets/parkin
g/car_parks/parking-
richmond_town_car_pa
rks.htm
Richmond is a high tax and spend council.Twickenham Bob